Basically, the plot is told backwards. The question is, when you reach the end of the film, can you work out the sequence of events? Can you work out what is actually going on?
The acting is great, and the cinematography etc etc, however, the plot is very hard to grasp and, though that's kind of the point of the film, there's being subtle and mysterious, and then there's downright confusion.
It's always good when you finish a film and find yourself discussing its finite details - but what if? Why did he do that? I loved it when...etc. It's not so good when you finish the film so dumbfounded that you have to spend half an hour working out what actually happened - and even when you've worked it out, you're not 100% sure you're right.
That could appeal to some - those who like films about madness, films full of mystery, films that play with the idea of plot...I just found it difficult to keep track of things.
There were so many bizarre things that went unexplained (what was the homeless guy about?). I suppose you could say they were left to the imagination...but we were given no hint as to how some scenes had any correlation to anything that the imagination simply has no idea what to do with itself.
The concept itself, once you begin to understand what you just watched, is brilliant. It's a really clever look into madness. Sometimes you hear people say "just stick with it, it's gets good" or "things start to unravel soon". With this film...stick to the end (I know that may be a big ask for some). It becomes a very good film at the end, and it might unravel itself to you.
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